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This is Shabad is composed by Bhagat Farid ji and is on Page 1383 in Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

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fareedhaa mouthai dhaa bannaa eaevai dhisai jio dhareeaavai taahaa |
Fareed, the shore of death looks like the river-bank, being eroded away.

agai dhojak thapiaa suneeai hool pavai kaahaahaa |
Beyond is the burning hell, from which cries and shrieks are heard.

eikanaa no sabh sojhee aaee eik firadhae vaeparavaahaa |
Some understand this completely, while others wander around carelessly.

amal j keethiaa dhunee vich sae dharageh ougaahaa |98|
Those actions which are done in this world, shall be examined in the Court of the Lord. ||98||

fareedhaa sakar khandd nivaath gurr maakhio maajhaa dhudh |
Fareed: sugar cane, candy, sugar, molasses, honey and buffalo's milk

sabhae vasathoo mitheeaa rab n pujan thudh |27|
- all these things are sweet, but they are not equal to You. ||27||

fareedhaa ho balihaaree thina pankheeaa jangal jinnaa vaas |
Fareed, I am a sacrifice to those birds which live in the jungle.

kakar chugan thal vasan rab n shoddan paas |101|
They peck at the roots and live on the ground, but they do not leave the Lord's side. ||101||


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Baba Farid (Punjabi: ਬਾਬਾ ਫ਼ਰੀਦ), was a 12th-century Sufi preacher and saint of the Chishti Order of South Asia. Revered by Muslims and Hindus, he is also considered one of the fifteen Sikh Bhagats within Sikhism and his selected works form part of the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh sacred scripture.


One of Farīd's most important contributions to Punjabi literature was his development of the language for literary purposes. Whereas Sanskrit, Arabic, Turkish and Persian had historically been considered the languages of the learned and the elite, and used in monastic centres, Punjabi was generally considered a less refined folk language. Although earlier poets had written in a primitive Punjabi, before Farīd there was little in Punjabi literature apart from traditional and anonymous ballads. By using Punjabi as the language of poetry, Farīd laid the basis for a vernacular Punjabi literature that would be developed later.

Among the famous people who have visited his shrine over the centuries are Guru Nanak Dev, who met the then head of the shrine, Sheikh Ibrāhīm, twice, and his meeting led to the incorporation of 112 couplets (saloks) and four hymns by Bābā Farid, in the Sikh Holy Book, the Guru Granth Sahib, by the fifth Guru, Arjan Dev in 1604. Guru Nanak was familiar with the verse of Bābā Farīd, and not only includes these verses in the Holy Book, but even comments on some of them. These verses are known to the Sikhs as the Farīd-Bānī; Guru Arjan Dev also added eighteen saloks from the Sikh Gurus, which add commentary to various of Bābā Farīd's work.